Determine where you want your ad to appear. There are two ad
locations to choose from: Category Page [A] and
Keyword Search Page [B].

Select the categories in which you wish to post your text or banner ad
and that you feel are most relevant to your business needs
[C]. There are 20 categories to choose from in both the
Cateogory Page and the Keyword Search Page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q

What is a cateogry page and how do I navigate to a specific category?

A

The categories are a defined collection of items with a common attribute. The
categories are listed on the top navigation for easy access. View example

Q

What is a keyword search page and how do I navigate to it?

A

Keyword search allows a user to quickly find items on our site. Type in a
key word or words and click "go". The search results page will display
items with the keywords in the item's title or description.
View
example

Make your best offer for each category chosen for your 30 day ad space.
The ads from the 30 highest offers will be rendered into 30 reserved spot ad
space. These 30 ads are presented in order by price, starting with the ad with
the highest bid price and time posted. Ads with bids not in the top 30 are
randomly generated and are displayed in the 10 slots below the reserved spots
at each page refresh. Your ad's position will adjust in accordance with the
posting and expiration of other people's ads.

To place your bid, review the price shown for the current highest listed bids.
Determine how much you want to bid for each category. Currently you can have
your ad posted at an introductory price of $1. Let's look at some examples.
Point [D], illustrates a bid price that will put
the ad at the first reserved position upon submition for this category. The
offer price at point [E] will put this ad at
position 4, after the ad with the same price bid from someone with a earlier
posting. At point [F], the offered bid is not in
the top 30 bids. The ad will be randomly generated among other ads in this
category and displayed in the lower 10 ad spaces.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q

How do I know exactly at which position my ad is rendered?

A

When submit your payment at final review (see Step 3), we inform you
approximately your position at that moment in comparison with other posted ads
in that category. Depending on new postings and expirations, you ad's position
will change. Higher offers will lower your position, but ad expirations may
elevate it. There is an account management section ("My Account") for
you to review the current standings of your ads.

Q

Can I increase my offer price if I see my ad is appearing too low on the ad
space hierarchy?

A

Your offered bid is locked for the 30-days. If you are interested in having
your ad in a higher spot, we encourage you to make a brand new offer. There is
no limit on how many ads you can post!

Final procedure in posting your ad is review your aproximated ad
position and grand total [G] for all of your ad
offers. Because this advertising system is dynamic, the ad position in the
final review is not guaranteed. If another advertiser submits a higher or equal
bid during the time you execute the final submission step, your ad position
will be adjusted accordingly.

Provide billing address [H] and credit card
information [I].

Select ad type [J] and and enter a valid URL of
your website [K] in which the user will visit upon clicking your text or banner ad.

Provide your text [L1] or banner [L2] ad information and submit.
If you choose to upload banner ad, your banner image must be in dimensions of 120 pixels
wide by 60 pixels high and no larger than 50K. Your banner can be either GIF or
JPG image format.

We render the banners in 120 pixels x 60 pixels (w x h). If you have uploaded a
banner not in these dimensions, we proportionally scale your ad closest to 120
x 60. Requests to resubmit your banner can be made by contacting us at
advertise@trashbank.com.

Ad Output

Text or banner ads for the selected ad locations (Category or Keyword Search
pages) can be found on the right side of those pages. Each section is labelled
clearly. Ads in the top section are reserved spots, which are ads from the
top 30 highest offered bids.

The randomly-generated ads section is labelled for the bottom 10 spots. Ads not
qualified for the top 30 spots in a given category are randomly drawn for the
last 10 spots. The ad positions are re-calculated, and re-selected at random
upon each page refresh/ load.